Jessica Pegula extinguishes Gracheva in the 2nd round – DUBAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula annihilates Gracheva

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Jessica Pegula brushes past Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Tuesday after playing an impressive match to fight against Iva Jovic in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pegula
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Pegula's Record

Jessica added to her prize money $ 23,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 49,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 49,250 to her earnings to get in total $ 98,500 in total.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Varvara Gracheva Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Gracheva
Jessica Pegula
6-4 6-0
1h:10
Varvara Gracheva
63
63
Total points
41
41
25
25
Winners
20
20
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
69%
69%
1st in
68%
68%
76%
76%
1st won
53%
53%
25/33
25/33
1st won
20/38
20/38
47%
47%
2nd won
28%
28%
7/15
7/15
2nd won
5/18
5/18
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
1/5
1/5
45%
45%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 63 points vs. the French player’s 41.

Pegula

The American served pretty well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 47% points (7/15) on her second serve. Pegula won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, Varvara was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pegula and Gracheva is 2-0 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Iva Jovic – stats

Pegula will compete against Jovic in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Pegula 6-4
PegulaGracheva
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
PegulaGracheva
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PegulaGracheva
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PegulaGracheva
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PegulaGracheva
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PegulaGracheva
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
PegulaGracheva
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
PegulaGracheva
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaGracheva
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PegulaGracheva
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
PegulaGracheva
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

Pegula took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Pegula to win the set because Gracheva found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. The American maintained her focus to break the French player in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Varvara was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The American converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Gracheva converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 76 points. Pegula was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the French player (42-34). Jessica lost 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

2nd Set -
Pegula 6-0
PegulaGracheva
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
PegulaGracheva
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PegulaGracheva
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
PegulaGracheva
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaGracheva
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

The French player was broken 3 times and the American won the set 6-0.

Pegula converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 28 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Gracheva (21-7). Jessica was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Gracheva conceded 9 points on serve (4-9).

1st
Pegula
Gracheva
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Pegula
Gracheva
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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